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MLB has sent a new CBA proposal to players in a new negotiation to save the 2027 season. Time is running out for the MLB to avoid a lockout. The…
The final episode of Intentional Talk is no longer the final episode. According to The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand, Major League Baseball has abandoned its plan to take the long-running MLB Network studio show off the air. Comssioner Rob Manfred, his top lieutenant Noah Garden and other league executives relented after fans and players lobbied vociferously…
Last month, it was reported that MLB Network’s longest running talk show, Intentional Talk, would be coming to an end in early November following the conclusion of the World Series. That is no longer the case, according to Andrew Marchand of The Athletic. “Last month’s decision to cancel MLB Network’s ‘Intentional Talk’ studio show after 16 […] The post MLB Network’s Intentional Talk isn’t going anywhere as Rob Manfred steps up to plate appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Major League Baseball owners have presented a new salary cap proposal to prevent further work stoppages, but it still includes a clause that the players have repeatedly refused to accept. That clause? A salary cap. Confused? MLB owners have proposed delaying the introduction of a salary cap and salary floor until 2028, so free agency […] The post MLB Owners Offer To Delay Salary Cap And Floor Until 2028 As Another Lockout Looms appeared first on BroBible.
Regular bargaining is continuing even as philosophical divides remain.
Milwaukee fans react to exorbitant parking fees at Brewers World Series Game 1.
Major League Baseball is monitoring the investigation involving Dodgers owner Mark Walter. Walter caught the attention of federal authorities following a whistleblower complaint regarding alleged misrepresented loans made between the Guggenheim founder’s companies. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan and the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the complaint and MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred revealed...
The sides strongly disagree on the significance of the Rays-Brewers matchup.
Chandler Simpson, Jacob Misiorowski, and Rob Manfred are among those we expect to play a monumental role in the 2026 World Series.
Dodgers analyst Doug McKain fired shots at MLB commissioner and other team owners after the Brewers and the Rays make it to the World Series
THE MLB season in 2027 is currently in serious jeopardy as players have hit out at the league’s drastic labor offer. An MLB lockout has long been considered a case…
The St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Padres are in the middle of a four-game series at Petco Park this weekend. And, in a perfect sign of the times, all four games are on different television networks or streaming services. As the Padres’ X account showed ahead of the series, Thursday’s Game 1 was on…
NBC Sports president Jon Miller offered a candid account this week of how the network convinced Major League Baseball to accept a below-market deal to return to broadcast television. Speaking with Puck’s John Ourand at the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas, Miller confirmed that NBC was not the highest bidder when MLB…
The next World Baseball Classic won’t be sold separately, according to Sports Media Watch. Rights to the 2028 tournament will be negotiated alongside MLB’s broader media rights talks. Every national contract the league currently holds — Fox, ESPN, NBC, Netflix, Apple, TBS — expires that same year, and rather than negotiate WBC rights separately, the…
Plus: It appears Nike is ready to get into bed with Costco on a full-time basis.
The replay enhancement is proving to be a big hit with fans.
Major League Baseball’s introduction of the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System, which allows players to challenge umpires’ ball-strike calls, this season has been a nearly universally acclaimed addition to the big leagues for analysts, fans, and players, and has already resulted in some great moments. Not everyone, however, has been a fan of the new…
Fresh off the most successful World Baseball Classic ever, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred is interested in fixing something that isn’t broken. Manfred joined The Dan Patrick Show Wednesday morning to discuss the start of the 2026 regular season. And during the interview, Patrick asked about the success of the WBC, questioning whether it’s an event…
Half of MLB clubs saw increases in viewership for their Opening Day broadcasts, which is exactly what you’d expect in any given year. According to a report by Austin Karp in Sports Business Journal, 15 of the 29 U.S.-based MLB teams notched year-over-year viewership gains during Opening Day. In other words, about half of the…
After introducing the ABS challenge system, Rob Manfred needs to continue to modernize Major League Baseball — and, no, that doesn’t mean a salary cap.
Reader Keith Marston is a gracious man, willing to provide even Rob Manfred with a silver-lined cloud to hide behind. Sure, he realizes that baseball’s Opening Day game — an interleague night game, Yanks-Giants from the West Coast hidden to the nation behind a highest-bidder Netflix paywall, is now an ugly historical fact that won’t,...
Major League Baseball's Netflix debut avoided disaster, and commissioner Rob Manfred should be thrilled.
Plus: Watch a softball pitcher take a line drive off the face.
The league looks to nationalize its media profile more. The post MLB Media Strategy Goes National—and Fans Might Get Confused appeared first on Front Office Sports.
